#8B2027#8B2027

#8B2027 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.142 H 22.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2027
RGB	rgb(139, 32, 39)
HSL	hsl(356, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(356, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 71.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.04, 44.75, 23.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.04, 50.55, 27.73°)
OKLab	oklab(42.29% 0.1311 0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(42.29% 0.142 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.5315, 6.6702, 2.5994)
Luminance	0.0667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2027 #208B84

analogous

#8B205C #8B2027 #8B4E20

triadic

#8B2027 #278B20 #20278B

tetradic

#8B2027 #5C8B20 #208B84 #4E208B

square

#8B2027 #5C8B20 #208B84 #4E208B

split-complementary

#8B2027 #208B4E #205C8B

monochromatic

#28090B #591519 #8B2027 #BD2B35 #D64F58

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00

#8B2027 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8B2027 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2027

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2027	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2027	1.00	9.00	2.33	9.00
#FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3A26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5124

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2027;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 32, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.142 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46561',
    500: '#8b2027',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2027;
$custom-light: #b46561;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2027",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.075,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4229,
    "c": 0.14195,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2027

secondary

#4DBAB2

accent

#E6DB42

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2027

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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